Operation Restore Hope
The Operation Restore Hope was an operation of the United States and many of its allied countries in Somalia. The operation was protected by the United Nations. The United States was the leader of this operation. Somalia was in civil war and many people were dying from hunger in this country. The goal of this operation was creating suitable conditions and calming down the situation in Somalia for helping the Somali people who needed food in the southern part of this country.
Operation Restore Hope | |||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Part of the Somali Civil War | |||||||
UNITAF Area of Operations, February 1993 | |||||||
| |||||||
Belligerents | |||||||
United Somali Congress | |||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Boutros Boutros Ghali George H. W. Bush Bill Clinton Robert B. Johnston (UNITAF) | Mohamed Farrah Aidid | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
US: 43 killed 153 wounded[1] (Includes UNOSOM II casualties) Italy: 3 killed 36 wounded Australia: 1 killed 3 wounded[2] Belgium: 3 killed 2+ wounded Malaysia: 1 killed Greece: 1 killed | Not known |
After the killing of several Pakistani peacekeepers, the Security Council ordered the allied forces by the Resolution 837, that they can do anything for sending the humanitarian aid to the Somali people in accordance to Chapter VII of the United Nations Charter.[3] This operation was successful.[4]
Operation Restore Hope Media
Indian Army T-72 tanks
Turkish Army briefing
Participating forces of the United States Navy
President George H. W. Bush and General Thomas Mikolajcik in Somalia
German Paratrooper Battalion 261 armored personnel carrier
UNOSOM II area of operations.
References
- ↑ http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/natsec/RL32492.pdf
- ↑ "United Nations Operation in Somalia UNSOM 1992". Australian War Memorial. Retrieved 31 May 2009.
- ↑ "United Nations Operation In Somalia I – (Unosom I)". Un.org. Retrieved 2012-01-29.
- ↑ "Operation Restore Hope". Retrieved 2008-01-15.